Chapter 780: The East Wind Suppresses the West Wind, and the West Wind Doesn't Want to Loosen

There have been several snowfalls in Beijing in Layue, and although the snow stopped early this morning, it was still covered in snow. On the side street in front of the left and right gates of Chang'an, the ministers who rushed to the court stood in twos and threes, waiting for the palace gate to be opened. Those who still take their accompanying family members to make lanterns on weekdays are also exempted from this encounter today. The reason is very simple, in ancient times, there was a reflection of snow to read, although now although the sky is not yet dawning, but with the reflection of snow, it is much better than the dark situation in the past.

At the right time, the palace gate opened, and the civil and military ministers entered in turn. The narrow and narrow road, which is usually dark and difficult to see, is very clear today, as long as you are careful of your step, you will not be afraid of hitting the wall and falling into the water. When they arrived at the noon gate, the officials gathered in the straight room to wait, but they were distinct. The six ministers are one group, the cabinet is one group, and the five governors and other nobles are another group. The rest of the officials, who were not of sufficient grade and could not afford to use the hand stove, were outside with their hands together to keep warm, and they did not even dare to stomp their feet lightly.

"Although the snow has stopped, it is still cold! Do you think this winter has been particularly cold? ”

"You're all, which winter isn't cold? It's a pity that the charcoal in my house is not enough now, so I pointed to the end of the month to go back for the New Year! ”

"Speaking of Yulu, I think about it, do you know, because Xia Shangshu of the household department has been in poor health recently, and Hu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has taken care of the affairs of the household department, isn't he and Du Daxue a little quarrelsome these days? I went to inquire, and it was because of the officials! The first Emperor Renzong was sympathetic, and the discount banknote was 25 yuan per stone meter, but Hu Shangshu actually said that 10 yuan should be subtracted from each stone of rice! Think about it, now the treasure money has become more and more worthless, and many places have always been only worth two or three dollars, so they have to deduct it, and everyone will take what money to support their families! ”

"What did Scholar Du say?"

"Scholar Du asked Jiangnan and Huguang to try out double-cropping rice, and took the Tang and Song dynasties as an example, gradually reducing the official banknote and issuing rice. As a result, he was ridiculed by Hu Shangshu, saying that he was using the treasury as a favor to improve his own prestige, and he was very sarcastic about some unpleasant words, I heard that even Xiao Zhang, who is now in Jiaoluan, also brought it! ”

What was being discussed was three or four low-grade officials who served in Taichang Temple, and when it came to the place of anger, the voice inevitably raised a little. Several people grumbled, and one of them suddenly caught a glimpse of someone walking slowly by the side, and when he recognized the person, he immediately closed his mouth, and then pulled and motioned for the others to stop talking. When the people passed, he said with palpitations: "Fortunately, fortunately, it is Yang Hongjigong, if it is replaced by Yang Mianren, he can't tolerate people, come up and reprimand and have to keep files, we will be miserable!" ”

Yang Pu got up a little dizzy this morning, so he hurried out after taking the medicine, so it was late, and he arrived after the ministers had gathered at noon. And he never walked in the middle of the road, but walked slowly against the wall, so more than half of the small officials who whispered about the government did not see him. Just now after listening to what a few officials of Taichang Temple said, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart, but when he entered the straight room of the cabinet people, he sat silently and didn't say a word.

These straight rooms were just for the rest of the high-ranking officials before the last dynasty, and they did not provide firewood and charcoal, etc., but due to the orders of several leaders of the celebrant and the royal supervisor, several cabinet ministers had a hand stove for each person. Despite this, Yang Rong still wrapped his silver mink tightly and spoke there with a frown.

"It's getting cold day by day these days, and I asked my family to inquire, there are at least one hundred and eighty houses in this Jingshi that have been crushed by heavy snow, and Shuntianfu has disposed of them one by one, but what about the surrounding prefectures and counties of Jingshi, and the places around Beizhili? Yesterday, there were people from the grange who came to deliver New Year's goods, mentioning that there was heavy snow everywhere this year, and many granges were affected by snowstorms, but few of the owners reduced their rents, so that many tenants fled near the end of the year, and even sold their children! That's not all, Hu Hui and Hu Yuanjie are also in charge of the affairs of the household department, in order to save expenses, he also plans to start with the income of the officials of the ministry, he has a solid family, why don't he think about those colleagues from poor families! ”

At this moment, Yang Shiqi had no choice but to persuade: "Mian Ren, Yuan Jie is also worried about the lack of national use. ”

"He's 'Yuanjie' is really not as good as 'Yuan Ji', at least Xia Weizhe has been in charge of the household department for many years, and after moving the capital, opening canals, and going north, all of them can be well regulated, but he is about to cut off people's lives as soon as he comes up! Yishan's 'Yuan Jie' also knows open source, but he is blindly throttling! Yang Rong glanced at Yang Shiqi as he spoke, and then said, "Brother Shiqi, don't forget, Hu Yuanjie swept all of our cabinet in, saying that we are generous officials from the treasury, you can stand it, I can't stand it!" Yishan's recital is very right, I am in favor of it to the end! ”

Although he and Yang Rong are not very compatible, Du Zhen knows that this colleague has always regarded the entire cabinet as one, and he will never allow outsiders to get involved or make irresponsible remarks. And he is not the character to retreat and give up after being criticized for two sentences, and immediately interjected: "I will fight for this matter on the basis of reason, after all, hundreds of officials are the foundation of the dynasty, blindly harsh, sooner or later no one will do anything." There's already movement outside, let's go to court first, and then discuss these things later! ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and they all put down the stove and went out. On this day, Zhu Zhanji went to the court at the gate of heaven, and the officials knelt down in the whistling north wind to perform the work, and a court meeting persisted, and many people almost felt frozen. Now it is not as good as Hongwu Nian, and there is still a gallery meal given by the emperor at that time, although it may not be hot food, at least it can fill the stomach, but now it can only be solved by going back to the yamen hungry to solve it by himself. Only when the cabinet members returned to the straight room on the east side of the noon gate, the officials on duty had already brought all kinds of hot snacks and water, and the house was also burning charcoal pots and kang kangs, which was simply heaven and earth compared to the outside.

In addition to Du Zhen and Yang Pu, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, and the three of them have been in the cabinet for many years, when Zhu Di was there, the cabinet did not have such courtesy, these all started with Renzong Zhu Gaochi, and now it is the additional instructions of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and everyone is grateful in their hearts. After taking off the big daz, he warmed up his body with snacks, and rubbed his frozen hands warm, and a few people sat down in twos and threes, and when it was almost noon, Yang Rong packed up and sent it to the Qianqing Palace in person.

This way has always been accompanied by a small eunuch, although Yang Rong usually does not look at these eunuchs, but now in exchange for this one is clever, every time he accompanies him to the Qianqing Palace, he often reveals the news without him asking, and over time, he will occasionally laugh with him. Right now, the little eunuch coldly mentioned the establishment of the crown prince, and Yang Rong couldn't help but be awe-struck.

"Where did you hear that?"

"The small one I just heard about from Yongning Palace...... Moreover, it is said that the emperor has also mentioned many times that if Sun Guifei gets a man, she must be registered as the crown prince. ”

"Don't mention this kind of thing in the future, otherwise when the time comes, the celebrant Fan Gonggong will thoroughly investigate it, and you won't want to please it!"

"Yes, yes, the little one should be damned, you shouldn't say this too much, adults forgive you!"

Although he reprimanded in his mouth, Yang Rong's heart shook a lot. He had heard this kind of rumor outside, but now that he heard it again, it was this little eunuch who had always spoken very accurately, and he thought it was true. In his opinion, the reason why Yang Shiqi was able to surpass him in the Hongxi and Xuande dynasties was because he served as an official of the East Palace back then, so he and Jin Youzi had never entered the Jinyi Wei Imperial Prison, but now it has become a disadvantage. If you want to last a long time after this dynasty, this Lidong Palace is obviously a link that cannot be ignored.

Thinking in his heart, Yang Rong didn't mention a word about it all the way after that, and he didn't say a word until he entered the Qianqing Palace. The little eunuch saw him go away at the gate of Qianqing, so he used the excuse of finding a place to hide from the wind, and ran away from the side street with a puff of smoke. When he arrived at Yuntai Gate, an old eunuch who had been waiting here greeted him, so he whispered a call, and then reminded: "Don't forget to add a sentence when you return, if the little one stays in the cabinet room within three days, this matter will be over." If the little one is beaten to a bitter yamen or simply loses his life, you can ask your father-in-law to pull it! ”

"Okay, okay, wouldn't it be good for you to do things? Your old lady outside the palace only got a hundred taels of silver, and if something happens to you, she will also have someone to support in the future! ”

The old eunuch drove the person away as he spoke, and when he saw the little eunuch disappear, he forgot to glance around, and walked back slowly with the food box, as if he was just an inconspicuous handyman of the Shang Shan Prison. He had not long walked on his front feet when a man covered in snow came out from behind the flowerbed beside him. He slapped his body for a long time, rubbed his frozen hands vigorously, and then carefully concealed the traces of hiding there, and then slipped away in the other direction.

Out of the Donghua Gate and the East North Gate, sandwiched between the palace and the imperial city, the narrow strip almost includes the eunuchs, the twelve eunuchs, the four divisions and the eight bureaus, the twenty-four yamen. The East Factory Duty Division is directly opposite the straight house by the moat, although the place is not big, and it is not a serious yamen for the East Factory, but those who stay in it are the elites selected from the entire East Factory. However, because the two generations of Renxuan Son of Heaven are far less dependent on Jinyiwei and Dongchang than Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, it is not as beautiful as before.

Although the work should be in Dongchang Hutong outside Dong'an Gate, there are not many things outside that need to be taken care of by himself now, Lu Feng simply left a few henchmen there, and he is sitting here, in case there is anything in the palace, he can get news anytime and anywhere. At this moment, he carefully pondered the words he had just heard, and the person circled around the room, and finally stopped and asked, "What you just said, didn't you tell right and wrong?" ”

"Godfather, according to your previous instructions, I have been carefully watching the movements of the Yongning Palace, but if I am not sure, I will never quietly leave the palace at this moment. If it weren't for the fear that my godfather would blame me for being troublesome, I would have come out early in the morning! If Yang Mianren thinks that he is too talkative, as long as he asks the master of ceremonies, then he will either be sent to work as a coolie, or he will simply die; If Yang Mianren thinks it is useful to keep him who loves to talk, then he will treat it as if he is not such a person, and he will be able to stay on this errand in peace at that time......"

"Of course we know, okay, you go back quickly, don't let people grab the handle! Now it's not as good as before, as long as you work hard, we guarantee that you will have a good future in the future! ”

Lu Feng returned to the chair and sat down irritably, picked up the tea and took a sip of it, but he felt cold and biting, and in a fit of anger, he simply splashed the residue on the ground together. From a young eunuch to a eunuch, it seems that there is only one step, but he has survived this step for several years, and he is still hopeless. The celebrant eunuch Fan Hong and Jin Ying are from the East Palace, and they are protected by the queen mother, so he has no choice; Wang Jin is the most useful person before the emperor drives, and he can't do it; Liu Yongcheng Haishou looked inferior to him...... That's not all, there are still small characters below who want to climb up, it's just wishful thinking!

"Godfather, Grandpa Zhang sent a letter back!"

As soon as he heard Zhang Qian's words, Lu Feng immediately bounced up from his chair, glanced at the residual tea in front of him, sat back down, and ordered someone to come in in a muffled voice. The next moment, a eunuch in his early forties came in and respectfully presented a tightly sealed letter. Lu Feng took it and didn't open it, and asked again: "Where did the letter come from?" ”

"Returning to Godfather, it is the channel of our East Factory, and it has nothing to do with Jinyiwei."

"That's good!"

Only then did Lu Feng open the letter. He didn't know a few words, but as soon as the inner study hall was set up, many small eunuchs entered to study and read, and he gradually had a deep pressure, so he gritted his teeth and forced himself to learn to read and write. At this time, he unfolded the letterhead and swept it from beginning to end, and his face changed several times, until finally it was fixed on an extremely subtle expression. Although he still didn't recognize some words, he had already understood the meaning, and after taking a deep breath, he handed the letterhead to the eunuch on the side.

"Read the letter from beginning to end!"

After listening to the content again, Lu Feng gradually showed a satisfied smile. For the eunuchs in the palace, the establishment of this inner study hall is a good thing, it is a shortcut to promotion, although he is afraid that there will be a few clever ones, and the back waves of the Yangtze River will push the front waves, so he will squeeze himself down, but he will not use his mantis arm as a car to stop it, didn't he see the cabinet and other ministers did not make a sound? But now it's good, that damn guy is actually planning a great event step by step by commanding the inner study hall, and even the ministers of the cabinet department have calculated it one by one, and they really don't take them old-timers seriously! Fortunately, the bosses of Jingshi were silent one by one, but there were people talking outside, but that guy was so bold!

After squinting his eyes and pondering for a while, he suddenly asked, "Do you remember the letter that Master Zhang sent before?" ”

The eunuch who was over forty years old but was willing to call Lu Feng a godfather, naturally he was exquisite, and nodded busily and said, "Godfather, do you want me to recite it again?" ”

"No, our family doesn't even have this memory!"

Tapping the armrest heavily, Lu Feng couldn't help but sneer. Zhang Yue asked people to send a letter before he went to Jiaolu, saying that he had heard from someone that the Metropolitan Procuratorate seemed to have a lot of complaints about the inner library, and reminded him that all the eunuchs who came out of the inner library in the future were literate and hyphenated eunuchs, who was in charge of that mess, and it would be a natural force in the future, so he began to pay attention to the movement over there, and now he found that Wang Zhen not only came to Sun Guifei in front of him, but also hit the idea of the cabinet minister.

If Wang Zhen succeeds, he, the governor of the East Factory, will simply stop doing it!

At this moment, there was another surprised and happy voice outside the door: "Father-in-law, good news, a great victory!" ”